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ge-heald

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heald, ge-hæld.
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Betwyh gehald ( obseruantiam ) regollices þeódscipes, 5, 23; Sch. 695, 7. a watch, guard Sete swǽse geheald múðe mínum pone custodiam ori meo, Ps. Th. 140, 4. Gehald, Rtl. 179, 9.

hindan

(adv.)
Grammar
hindan, adv.

From behind, at the back, in the rear, behind

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From behind, at the back, in the rear, behind Ðá hét hé gewríðan ðone páþan and ðone ððerne preóst tó his hricge hindan then he ordered the pope to be bound, and the other priest behind to his back, Homl. Th. ii. 310, 31.

bæc

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Heó wæs cumende æfter Drihtenes bæce (post tergum Domini), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 82, 2. On úrum bæcum, R. Ben. 27, 17. In scyldrum ł bæccum in humeros, Mt. L. 23, 4. ¶ add to Ll.

earm

(adj.)
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</b> poor in something, destitute of (with gen.) :-- Hú earme wé bióð ðára écena ðinga ab aeternis nos miseros cernimus, Past. 389, 8

weorþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorþ, weorþe, worþ, wurþ, wyrþ, es; n.
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Alf. pol. 32 ; Th. i. 82, 2. Syle ðú nig wið wurðe and bring ðæt wurð tó ðære stówe, and bige mid ðam ylcan feó swá hwæt swá ðé lícige. Deut. 14, 25-26: 24, 7. Ðæt hé ðæt weorð ágife tó álýsnesse his sáwle pretium redemtionis animae suae, Ps.

tó-slítan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-slítan, p. -slát, pl. -sliton; pp. -sliten

To tear in two,tear to pieces,tear asunderto tear in two,in pieces,rend material,to give a torn appearance to anythingto serrateto rend,cleave,break asunder that which is hard or bulkyto tear the flesh,rend,bite,woundlacerateto tear asunderpartseparate what has been joinedseverto pull to piecesdestroy the existence of an object, abstract or concreteto destroydissipateto distract the mindTo be different

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Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 2. Ðæt se werewulf tó swíðe ne tóslíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 31. Ðe læs hig (porci) eów tóslýton (-slítas, Lind.) ne dirumpant vos, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 6.

hund

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Æfter l wintra and feówer hundum post annos quadringentos et quadraginta, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 19. Wintra hæfde fíf and hundnigontig ... and eahta hund, Gen. 1179. with ordinals Cuóm feórðe healf hund scipa, Chr. 851; P. 64, 17.

ymb

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D. 253, 17 : 257, 23 : 272, 14. after Ymb twá niht (æfter twám dagum, v. l.) post biduum , Gr. D. 158, 5. Ymbe .v. winter post .v. annos , Ll. Th. ii. 152, 6. (bα) where the point from which time is measured is in the genitive. Cf. Dict. 2 b 1.

MANN

(n.)
Grammar
MANN, man, monn, es; m.

MANa human being of either sexa man who is wnder the authority of anothera servantvassalliege-mana parishioner

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Alf. pol. 23; Th. i. 78, 2. Gif mon swá gerádne mon ofsleá, 28; Th. i. 80, 2. Syxhynde mon, 30; Th. i. 80, 11. Gif mon cierliscne mon gebinde, 35; Th. i. 84, 2. Hwæne secgeaþ menn ðæt sý mannes sunu quem dicunt homines esse filium hominis? Mt.

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Sunnan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Sunnan-dæg, es; m.
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Ælf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 22-25.

árian

(v.)
Grammar
árian, to árianne; part. ende, gende; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; v. a. [ár honour] .

to give honourto honourreverencehave in admirationhonorarehonorificarevenerarito regardcare forsparehave mercypitypardonforgiveconsulerepropitium essemisereriparcere

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Fox 10, 89; Met. 10, 45. to regard, care for, spare, have mercy, pity, pardon, forgive; consulere, propitium esse, misereri, parcere He þearfum árede he cared for the poor, Bd. 3, 9 ; S. 533, 25.

Linked entries: áriende árod

N

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The character which appears in the Runic poem is ᚾ and the verse, in which the name (cf. Icel. nauð) is given, is the following Nýd byþ nearu on breóste oft tó helpe niða bearnum, and tó hǽle gehwæðre weorðeþ heó ðeáh gif hí his hlystaþ ǽror.

un-ágán

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ágán, adj.

Not lapsedwith the time of its lease not run out

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Not lapsed, with the time of its lease not run out Ego Ealdulf ... quandam ruris particulam ... cuidam militi nomine Leofenað ... largitus sum ... et post uitae suae terminum duobus tantum haeredibus immunem derelinquat; quibus defunctis, aecclesiae

fǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
fǽtan, p. te; pp. fǽted, fǽtt.

packto adornornament

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eft fóð tó ðǽm ilcan and fǽtað in æfter ondetnesse ðæt ilce yfel (they burden themselves within after confession with the same evil) ðæt hí ǽr áwurpun qui admissa plangunt, profecto nequitiam, quae mentis intima deprimebat, confitendo projiciunt, quam post

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,

galdor

a song, poem. an incantation, a charm.the sound

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Add: a song, poem. Cf. galan, (l a) Sié þæs gemyndig sé ðe lufige þisses galdres begang, þæt hé geóce mé fricle, Hpt. 33, 73, 14. an incantation, a charm. Cf. galan, (1 b) Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocationis An.

á-wecgan

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Add: I. of physical movement Þæt folc mid rápum ðá anlícnysse bewurpon and mid stengum áwegdon ac hí ne mihton for ðám deófle hí styrian, (tried to overturn it with poles,) Hml. Th. i. 464, 19.

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BIL

(n.)
Grammar
BIL, bill, es; n.

a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchionfalx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus

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Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum, with the edges of a bill; falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus.

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þreágung

(n.)
Grammar
þreágung, þreáwung (v. þreápung), þreáung, þreáng, e; f.

reproofrebukea threatchastisementpunishment

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correction : -- Æfter deáþe nán þreágincge ys leáf post mortem nulla correctionis est licentia, Scint. 48, 16

Linked entries: þreáung þreáwung

earm-lic

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H. 219, 11. poor, mean, sorry Mid earmlicum cum paupertinis, An. Ox. 46, 15. Gemildsa mé nacodum forlidenum, næs ná of earmlicum birdum geborenum, Ap. Th. 11, 20